diff --git a/util/pod2mantest b/util/pod2mantest
index a67433407b3e0f1f112ad7e8c2efa71a49cd8a8c..449ef14f1b438426ccf82f3a2d46f0243c08689d 100755
--- a/util/pod2mantest
+++ b/util/pod2mantest
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 
 IFS=:
-try_without_dir=true
+try_without_dir=false
 # First we try "pod2man", then "$dir/pod2man" for each item in $PATH.
 for dir in dummy:$PATH; do
     if [ "$try_without_dir" = true ]; then